All Offenders Are Equal, but Some Are More Equal Than Others

Variation in Journeys to Crime Between Offenders

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9680792
AutoresMichael Townsley (0000-0001-9427-2338, Griffith University, autor de correspondencia), Aiden Sidebottom (0000-0003-0534-2715, University College London)
Año2010
Volumen48
Número3
Páginas897-917
Fecha de publicación2010-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCriminology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-9125.2010.00205.x
OpenAlexW2045202558
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas41
Referencias citadas33

The results of this study reveal a major methodological problem with an established body of criminological literature—the journey to crime. The dominant finding of such research is that most crimes occur close to an offender's home. Consequently, journeys to crime typically display a distance‐decay function that is assumed to exist between and within offenders. However, most journey‐to‐crime studies use nested data—individual offenders contributing multiple crime trips—yet employ analytic methods that fail to account for this property, leading to inference and aggregation concerns. In the study outlined in this article, we demonstrated the implications of using nested data for analyzing the journey to crime. We showed that once controlling for nesting, only a few (prolific) offenders display a distance decay pattern. Implications of the findings for theory and future research are discussed

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